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Police are investigating after threats were made against Tomarata School causing the school to shut down for two days last month.
A number of threatening emails were sent to the school and police have a team of detectives making enquiries.
Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Dan Freymark says police have been working closely with school staff, and initial enquiries suggest there is no cause for concern.
However, he says police are taking the matter seriously and anyone with information is encouraged to contact Orewa Police on 105 or anonymously via Crimestoppers.
Tomarata School contacted parents on Wednesday, October 21, alerting them that the school would close due to escalating threats emailed to the school.
The school was reopened after the Labour Day long weekend on Tuesday, October 27.
Principal Cherylene Neels says she has never dealt with anything like it before in her time as an educator at rural schools.
“I am very proud of the community and parents who have supported us through this,” she says.
Ms Neels says the school has no idea who would want to threaten it and has left the investigation in the hands of police.
She says it is back to business as usual at the school, which reopened without incident.
“Kids are still climbing trees and talking to chickens,” she says.
